Auxiliary rim and tire.



I. V. LOEFFLER.

AUXILIARY RIM AND TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. I918.

1,296,539. Patented Mar. 4,1919.

' I Rantings UNITED STATES PATENT or*nr c1i.=

JOHN v. LOEFFLER, or EVANsVILLE, INDIANA.

AUXILIJLRIY RIM AND TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed February 25,v 1918. Serial No. 219,013.

Tires; and I do hereby declare the following to' be a full, clear, andexact descr1p-1 tion of the" invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it apper- 1 tains, tomake and use the same. v

This invention relates to vehicle wheels and more particularly to an auxiliary or jury felly. 4

Many vehicles are,'at the present time,

provided with various types of cushions and I pneumatic or rubber tires and these are frequently badly disrupted or lacerated or so injured as to render them useless, this event frequently occurring in 7 locations remote from convenient repair establishments, andj vanous means have been proposedto permit the removal of the damaged tire and the substitution therefor of another and good tire, this extra tire sometimes being .pro-

' ception' of some vided with a rim so that a rim and tire,.,or

the'tire alone, maybe substituted for the rim and tire, or the tire, which has become mutilated, injured orp'unctured on one of the wheels of a vehicle. In the practice of substituting. a tire or rim bodily for one to, be removed from the wheel considerable time is lost, special tools frequently required,

and the change often made under very disadvantageous clrcumstances even when the operator is physically capable of making the change of the extra or spare tire and removing the injured tire. In the event thatthe occupants or driver of the vehicle be females it is almost impossible for them to substitute the; extra tire and they run the vehicle to the nearest place where assistance or change can be had, this'run being madeon a flat-"tire, whichresults'. in serious injury, v to a tire which'may otherwise, with the exsmall laceration, be in good condition. 7

It is with the object of overcoming the,

above noteddisadvantages, .of protecting the mutilated tire, of avoiding loss of time,and

subjection of the vehicle 'organization to the 1 Fig.5 is a perspectl of the adapting ring v A further object is to provide for the ready carriage of an extra tire with its rim for the attachment with facility of the extra good further it is an object 'to provide for the attachment of a jury felly toa standard wheel organization in such a manner that the strains on the Wheel are transmitted through ,tire to the Wheel having a damaged tire and Y the jury ,felly to the rim attached to the" wheel felly and further provide for this at tachment without injuring the surface finish of the wheel, structure.

j A further object of the invention is to provide for a simple, practical, inexpensive 'and easily applied jury felly designedto carry any suitable form of tire, and a particular object of the invention is' to provide a jury wheel which is adaptable, readily, to;circumferentially'bear upon wheel rims 1 or other suitable elements of the wheel, the contacting elements of which may be of various sizes in a given set of-wheels of the vehicle. j j

It is an object to provide a substantially self-contained and permanently organized jury felly and attaching means, the latter being prevented from accidental separation from the jury felly. V With the above and other objects in view,

scribed relative to one embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one'side of a portion of a wheel. to which the jury felly with its'tire is attached; .7

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of; the oppositeside of the wheel, showing the jury .felly overlapping the spokes;

Fig. is a'radial section on line of Fig.2;

' Fig; 4 is a perspective view of one of the attaching organizations,dismounted from the emergency felly'j v 'v'e view of a fragment While l haveshown at 2 in the drawings a form of pneumatic tire, obvious that 2' thi ut illu tr i o j' er p o tire strains set up when running on alflatl tire, j h l? it y. b bl i andWhich' 7 that I devised the present invention. {may be'similar 'to' lthe partially deflated tire" 1, which is mounted on the usual rim 3 which is fastened to the usual felly 13 of a Wheel of any given construction having spokes 5. The present invention, as above stated, consists essentially of a carrier or emergency felly indicated at 4 and which may be of any suitable material and construction and is in' the form of a spokeless annulus upon the circumferential face of which is provided a rim 3 in which the spare or emergency tire 2 is fitted, the rim 3 being probably of duplicate character to the usual rim 3 on a given set of Wheels,

- so that the rims 3 and 3 are substantially parallel and transversely alined and therefore when; the emergency tire 2 is inflated it will carry the load which has been carried by the deflated or injured tire;

Any suitable or appropriate means may be employed for securing the emergency or jury felly 4 against one face of the wheel felly 13- and the. spokes .5 in such a position that the felly or a portion thereon or thereof will have circumferential bearing against the projecting or overhanging shoulder indicated at 16 :of the'rim 3 fastenedonthe wheel felly. 1A simple, practical, inexpensive, eflicient and readily'adjustable device forv attaching the "jury felly to the wheel structure is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4

wherein is illustrated a hook-shaped bolt- 10 having athreaded portion 6,-carrying a nut .7- adjacent to which is a washer 8, which latter bears against the outer face, of the jury felly 4 when the bolt, which isinserted through a respective hole 9 inthe felly,

has its hook end fastened "around the 'opposite face of an adjacent spoke and the nut turned up against the washer -8..' Obvi0usly,:as -many.of the bolts 10 may be em ployed as desired and these will be disposed about the felly 4 as determined by thesize of the wheel and the number of the spokes 5 which the hook-bolts are adapted to'embrace. r

For the purpose of preventing damage to the finish of the spokes of the wheel suitablepacking material illustrated at 11 and 14 may vbe introduced between the spoke f contacting surface of'tlie hooks on one side and beneath the spoke contacting surface of V vention is to provide for the adaptation of i the felly 40m the other.

One of the important objects of this ina given sized jury felly 4 to circumferentially i s r or e e i ti i arie o t .chamfered .corner of the felly 4, the

adapter then bearing against the shoulder 16 of the rim when the felly is bolted on.

To prevent lossor accidental Withdrawal of the "bolts 10 from the felly 4, the bolts have their threaded ends 6 upset as at 15, to prevent the entire removal of the nuts 7 after the bolts have been assembled through the apertures which preferably, as shown in Fig. 3, are of tapered form, the largest end being disposed inwardly toward the spokes 5' and thereby permitting the bolts to have ampleplay so as to readily accommodate themselves in position on the spokes. V l t From the above it is to be seen that I have provided an extremely simple emergency or juryrfelly carrying a spare tire which organization may be quickly applied to a wheel, the tire of which may be defiated. The jury felly is of simple andsubstantial constructionrland devoid of any central organizationor structural elements, .being adaptable directly bymeansof the bolts 10 to :the usual wheel structure and thereby eliminates the requirement of the attachf mentto the wheel organizationof any extraneous vfastenings and requires no alteration of vthe wheel and byits provision the load of the vehicle, when the emergency tire of the wheel and therefore substantially the only strain or labor imposed upon the bolts 10 is to secure the ward movement.

.What claimed .asne'wfisz- 1. The combination comprising a spare felly providedpwith a peripheral seat for circumferential bearing upon the applied tire rim ona vehicle wheel, a rim :on the jury felly 4 from outfelly for a tire, and hook bolts mountedin the felly toisecure it tothe given wheel.

2. The combination comprising a spare felly provided with a peripheral seat for circumferential bearing upon the applied pneumatic tire rim on a vehicle wheel, a rim on the .felly for: a tire, and means mounted on the .felly to, secure it to the given wheel. j

V 3. The combination comprising a spare I felly providedwith-aperipheral seat for circumferential bearing upon the, applied tire rim von a vehicle wheel,,a rim on. the

. fellyfor 'atire, means mounted on the felly .to; secure-1t togthe given wheel, and-a detachable band adapted to'be mounted on. the

felly for adjusting rim of a different diameter.

'4. A .juryfelly, for carrying an :eXtra it to, use with a wheel up'oPnL-a 7 larger; rim, a tire rim Lattached .to

the annulus V and. means carried by saidlan- 2 is applied, vis'carried through means of .thesimple annulus 4 directly to the, rime3 tire, comprising an annulus provided for V c rcumferent al bearing on the rim ofga' given wheel, a ringfor adapting it to ;bear

nulus to secure it to the Wheel by engagement With the spokes thereof.

5. A jury felly for carrying an extra tire, comprising an annulus provided With a peripheral seat for circumferential bearing on the rim of a given Wheel, a tire rim on the annulus and means on the felly to prevent injury to the Wheel, said annulus having apertures to receive means to secure it to the Wheel by engagement With the spokes thereof.

6. The combination with a vehicle Wheel of an emergency felly With a tire rim, proattached to a side face of the emergency felly to prevent marring of the finish of the Wheel parts.

7. In combination with a motor vehicle Wheel carrying a pneumatic tire, a detachable felly having a tire rim, hook-bolt members carried by the felly to engage the spokes of said Wheel, one terminal of each bolt member provided With threads and enlarged, an irremovable nut on each bolt member, an adjusting ring for said felly to enable adjustment thereof to various sizes of Wheels and lining to prevent marring of the finish of the Wheel structure.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

7 JOHN V. LOEFFLER.

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